(a) There is established an account to be known as the “air emissions permit operating fee account”. Said account shall be established by the Comptroller as a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected in accordance with § 22a-174 shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the air emissions permit operating fee account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next succeeding. The account shall be used by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for the purpose of covering the direct and indirect costs of administering the program set forth in Title V of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22a-27u

  • commissioner: means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his or her designated agent. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-2
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • succeeding: when used by way of reference to any section or sections, mean the section or sections next preceding, next following or next succeeding, unless some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1

(b) On and after April 1, 2003, any moneys in the air emissions permit operating fee account in excess of the federally mandated level of presumptive funding calculated pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 70.9, as amended from time to time, may be used by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to carry out the provisions of chapter 446c or may be transferred, at the direction of the commissioner, to the federal Clean Air Act account established pursuant to § 14-49b.

(c) On or before September thirtieth of each year, the State Comptroller shall transfer from the air emissions permit operating fee account to the federal Clean Air Act account such funds identified by the commissioner as being in excess of the federally mandated level of presumptive funding calculated pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 70.9, as amended from time to time.